Frankenstein – Candy Dispenser

Want to sell prints of my original designs? A commercial license (fan art and trademarked characters not included) is available on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Elizabeth3D Like my free models? Support me on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/elizabeth3d Frankenstein's Candy Brain: the friendly monster's head is a real glass Mason jar full of candy, screwed upside down into his collar. Turn the lightning-bolt dial on his chest and a few candies tumble down inside him and land in his hands, ready to grab. Design Concept The body prints in dark green with a grey collar, and the dial in grey with a yellow lightning bolt: the CFS switches the colors, so it needs no painting. Purpose A Halloween treat dispenser for the party table, and for your desk the rest of the year. How It Works - The dial is a rotor with a cup. Under the jar the cup fills up; half a turn later it empties down a chute inside the body, straight into his hands.

- A few candies per turn, not one at a time.

- 5 printed parts and a jar. No springs, no metal hardware, no electronics.

- To refill, just unscrew the jar.

What You Need - One regular-mouth (70 mm) Mason jar, 16 oz / 1 pint (about 473 ml), smooth, with a two-piece lid (flat disc + screw band), e.g. Ball Regular Mouth Pint. Wide-mouth, quilted and Kilner jars don't fit.

- Small candies: regular M&M's or Skittles. Peanut M&M's are not recommended: they can jam.

- A drop of glue, only if the band is loose in the collar.

Print Settings - Printer: printed on a Creality SPARKX i7, 0.4 mm nozzle. Material: PLA. Layer height: 0.20 mm. All inside the 3MF, set with the Creality SPARKX i8 0.4 nozzle system profiles: just open it as a project

- Plate 1: the body standing up, in dark green with the grey collar on top (one color change), with tree supports from the build plate only.

- Plate 2: the dial face down, with the yellow lightning bolt inlaid in its face, the two neck bolts standing up and the pin lying flat (printed upright it snaps instead of flexing).

- Do not scale it: the collar seat is made for the band of a regular-mouth jar, and the dial turns with 0.35 mm of clearance at 100%

- STL files: the body and the dial come in two files each that share the same coordinates: the green body with the grey collar, and the grey dial with the yellow lightning bolt. Import each pair together as one object, or simply open the 3MF

Assembly - Neck bolts: push the two bolts into the holes on the sides of the collar.

- Dial: push the dial into the round opening in his chest, from the front.

- Pin: from the back, push the pin in until its barb snaps inside the dial. The dial should turn freely.

- Jar: take the flat disc out of the lid, only the screw band is used. Press the band into the seat on top of the collar (a snug fit; if it is loose, a drop of glue on the band). Fill the jar, turn it upside down and screw it into the band.

- Turn the dial: a few candies drop into his hands with every turn. If one gets stuck half-way into the cup, turn the dial back a little and try again.